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I've had three distinct careers in my worklife, and all three required a college degree to get in the door. None of them actually required the knowledge learned during my college years. That's different when you venture into the health, science, math, physics career path. A liberal arts degree makes you a well-rounded, well-educated individual but you don't need to know the importance of the year 1066 or the intricate psychological implications in Shakespeare's tragedies to sell stuff. However, you may never get the chance to excel in your chosen profession if you don't have that piece of paper proving you had the stick-to-itiveness to complete a course of studies from a certified university.

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I wouldn’t go to college at all if I had it all to do over again. That isn’t a college is a scam remark, I just really wasn’t sure what I was doing and ended up making a lot of poor choices. If you are going to go, make sure you have a plan and the cost makes sense for what you will do afterwards.

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It’s not worth it in terms of my job…but I have a significant amount of skills and knowledge I would not have gained otherwise, even if no one will hire me for those skills.

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